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The Boscombe Valley Mystery

           IwishtotheLordthatIhadshothimthen,butIsparedhim,thoughIsawhiswickedlittleeyesfixedonmyface,asthoughtoremembereveryfeature. Wegotawaywiththegold,becamewealthymen,andmadeourwayovertoEnglandwithoutbeingsuspected. ThereIpartedfrommyoldpalsanddeterminedtosettledowntoaquietandrespectablelife. Iboughtthisestate,whichchancedtobeinthemarket,andIsetmyselftodoalittlegoodwithmymoney,tomakeupforthewayinwhichIhadearnedit. Imarried,too,andthoughmywifediedyoungsheleftmemydearlittleAlice. Evenwhenshewasjustababyherweehandseemedtoleadmedowntherightpathasnothingelsehadeverdone. Inaword,Iturnedoveranewleafanddidmybesttomakeupforthepast. AllwasgoingwellwhenMcCarthylaidhisgripuponme. 

           "Ihadgoneuptotownaboutaninvestment,andImethiminRegentStreetwithhardlyacoattohisbackoraboottohisfoot. 

           "‘Hereweare,Jack,’sayshe,touchingmeonthearm;‘we’llbeasgoodasafamilytoyou. There’stwoofus,meandmyson,andyoucanhavethekeepingofus. Ifyoudon’tit’safine,law-abidingcountryisEngland,andthere’salwaysapolicemanwithinhail.’ 

           "Well,downtheycametothewestcountry,therewasnoshakingthemoff,andtheretheyhavelivedrentfreeonmybestlandeversince. Therewasnorestforme,nopeace,noforgetfulness; turnwhereIwould,therewashiscunning,grinningfaceatmyelbow. ItgrewworseasAlicegrewup,forhesoonsawIwasmoreafraidofherknowingmypastthanofthepolice. Whateverhewantedhemusthave,andwhateveritwasIgavehimwithoutquestion,land,money,houses,untilatlastheaskedathingwhichIcouldnotgive. HeaskedforAlice. 

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